Parallel Verses
Amplified
He asked me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
New American Standard Bible
He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ And I
King James Version
And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
Holman Bible
He asked me, ‘Who are you?’ I told him: I’m an Amalekite.
International Standard Version
He asked me, "Who are you?' So I answered him, "I'm an Amalekite!'
A Conservative Version
And he said to me, Who are thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
American Standard Version
And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
Bible in Basic English
And he said to me, Who are you? And I said, I am an Amalekite.
Darby Translation
And he said to me, Who art thou? And I said to him, I am an Amalekite.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will say to me, Who thou? and I shall say to him, I an Amalekite.
King James 2000
And he said unto me, Who are you? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then he said to me, 'Who [are] you?' And I said to him, 'I [am] an Amalekite.'
Modern King James verseion
And he said to me, Who are you? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he said unto me, 'What art thou?' And I said unto him, 'I am an Amalekite.'
NET Bible
He asked me, 'Who are you?' I told him, 'I'm an Amalekite.'
New Heart English Bible
He said to me, 'Who are you?' I answered him, 'I am an Amalekite.'
The Emphasized Bible
And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I said unto him, An Amalekite, am I.
Webster
And he said to me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
World English Bible
He said to me, 'Who are you?' I answered him, 'I am an Amalekite.'
Youngs Literal Translation
And he saith to me, Who art thou? and I say unto him, An Amalekite I am.'
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 1:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Report Of Saul's Death By The Amalekite
7 When he turned to look behind him, he saw me, and called to me. And I answered, ‘Here I am.’ 8 He asked me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’ 9 He said to me, ‘Stand up facing me and kill me, for [terrible] agony has come over me, yet I still live [and I will be taken alive].’
Cross References
1 Samuel 30:13
David said to him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” He said, “I am a young man from Egypt, a servant of an Amalekite; and my master abandoned me [as useless] when I fell sick three days ago.
1 Samuel 30:17
Then David [and his men] struck them down [in battle] from twilight until the evening of the next day; and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode camels and fled.
1 Samuel 15:3
Now go and strike Amalek and completely destroy everything that they have; do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”
1 Samuel 30:1
Now it happened when David and his men came [home] to Ziklag on the third day, [they found] that the Amalekites had made a raid on the Negev (the South country) and on Ziklag, and had overthrown Ziklag and burned it with fire;
Genesis 14:7
Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and subdued all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.
Exodus 17:8-16
Then
Numbers 24:20
Balaam looked at Amalek and took up his [fifth] discourse (oracle) and said:
But his end shall be
Deuteronomy 25:17-19
“Remember what Amalek did to you along the road when you came from Egypt,
1 Samuel 27:8
Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites [the enemies of Israel that Joshua had failed to annihilate]; for they had inhabited the land from ancient times, as one comes to Shur even as far as the land of Egypt.